31 July – Steve Carson named as new director of BBC Scotland, to replace Donalda MacKinnon later in the year.[1]
August
25 August – Filming recommences on BBC Scotland's soap River City after it was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
September
No events.
October
19 October – Steve Carson starts as director of BBC Scotland. Around twenty staff departures, including some long-serving correspondents, are announced, as attempts are made to reduce the budget of the organisation by around £6.2 million by April.[3]
November
4 November – Amazon announces that its supernatural thriller series The Rig is to be filmed in Scotland.[4]
7 November – Sky Sports announces that the Scotland and Northern Ireland Euro 2020 play-off finals will be made free-to-air on UK television.[5]
19 December – Nicola Walker will take on the role of DI Annika Strandhed in a UKTV drama series around murders that are discovered in the waterways of Scotland.[7]
27 December – Details of the cast for BBC Scotland's Hogmanay programme for 2020, are released.[8]
31 December – Hogmanay Live with Susan Calman sees in the New Year; overnight viewing figures indicate it is watched by 1.05 million viewers.[9]